Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Sunday Service break through

The last post I briefly talked about doing what you love in life. The feeling you get when you are doing something involving that emotion (love) is immeasurable. I absolutely loved my trip here; in fact today I thanked God for it. Now don’t get me wrong I have thanked him for this trip on numerous occasions but this time was different. I said “Lord, I thank you for losing my job”. LOL, I was in church. We were in prayer and I raised my head, opened my eyes, and smiled. Here I am in the middle of what I thought was my life’s biggest catastrophe and yet love is what I felt. I was never happy about losing my job or anything else that had been taken from me at that time. Quitting is all good, but who wants to loose their job?! So I found it delightfully funny that I made that particular prayer. Despite the oddness, it felt right to say and the words were truly from the heart so I knew then I was ready to move on. I think that is what this whole process has been about. Sure, I liked what I was doing, but this journey was preparing me to move on to a career and lifestyle that I “love … because ‘liking’ is not and never will be enough.” Is it okay to quote myself? lol

2 comments:

Titus said...

Chris,

It is amazing to see your growth through this trip. I am happy that you sought out the opportunity to go and have learned so much about africa and more importantly about God. I look forward to your return and hope to hear more about your experience.

Chris said...

Titus! We gotta catch up. I should be in ATL soon so maybe then.